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Celebrating Kwanzaa: A Focus on Traditional African Values
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(12/27/02) Today marks the second day of Kwanzaa, a unique African-American celebration with a focus on the traditional African values of family, community, responsibility and self-improvement. The seven-day event is a time of reaffirming African-American people, their ancestors and culture. Todd Moe talks with LeMoyne Robinson, Director of Multicultural Affairs at SUNY-Potsdam. LeMoyne says his father and a few friends were among the first to bring the Kwanzaa celebration to Memphis, Tennessee.
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Celebrating Kwanzaa
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(12/27/01) Todd Moe talks with North Country resident LeMoyne Robinson about this unique celebration of traditional African values of family, community and responsibility.
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